Mystic Horacio Villegas, who claims to be a messenger of God, believes a deadly international war will be triggered on the 100th anniversary of the visitation of Our Lady of Fatima, a title given to the Virgin Mary, Jesus’ mother.

According to Mr Villegas the war will be started by Donald Trump on May 13, which is the anniversary of Mary appearance to the village of Fatima, in Portugal, in 1917.

The international conflict will then ravage the world for six months because the last time Mary allegedly appeared to the village – on October 13, 1917 – she is said to have warned: “The war is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return to their homes.”

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This same warning was also claimed to be a prophecy for the ending of First World War, which ended a year later.

Speaking about his theory Mr Villegas said: “The main message that people need to know in order be prepared is that between May 13th and October 13 2017, this war will occur and be over with much devastation, shock and death.”

But Mr Villegas claims the world will initially tricked by a “false flag” with conflicts emerging between April 13 and May 13 which will Syria and North Korea.

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The mystic said: “The reason I feel the coming false flag might be during this Holy Week is because just as Christ suffered on a Good Friday at one time, the world is about to enter its Good Friday moment as well and it would fit in God’s timeline as to the start of this dark period in human period in human history that this war would be sparked near Good Friday 2017.”

He claims the chemical attack in Syria was a pre-cursor to World War 3 as he added: “Russia is already being baited into war through Syria, just as the zionists were seeking and China will be baited through North Korea.”

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The mystic, who claims to a follower of the Roman Catholic faith, has said his reasoning is also backed by other “prophets”.

Nostradamus, a French physician who published a number of prophecies which are said to have come true, said: “Mabus will soon die, then will come, a horrible undoing of people and animals, at once one will see vengeance, one hundred powers, thirst, famine, when the comet will pass.”